Journal-bearing.



' 10,814,822. l v I A PATENTED MAIL-13, 1906.

` s. c. AMER-Humm JOURNAL BEARING. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27,'1905.

' rag' 4SEVERIN c.l ANNEE-Honra, OE RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS, lAssIeNoa To" INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER OOMPANY, `A ...OORPORATION'- OE y NEW JERSEY.

Specification of Letters '.Patent. i

JOURNAL-BEARING.-

Patented Maich 13, 190e.

l appunti@ ned september 27.1905. sern1N0.28o,272.

To @ZZ 'whom it may' concern.-

Be it know-n lthat I, ,SEVERIN C. 'ANKER- HLTIL a-citizen ofthe United States, resid- Ing at Riverside, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Journal-Bearings, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying/Idrawings, forming a part thereof. f

. y invention relates to journal-bearings, and particularly to those having balls operativeto support the shaft against either longitudinal or lateral movement when applied .at opposite ends thereof. I

In' its preferred form it -consists in adjustable hollow plu s4 secured to a ixed part of f the mechanism having counterbores at their inner ends adapted to'receive the balls and having a removable split ring received by an annular channel at the head of the counterbore and adaptedto. retain the balls therein and a spring-pressed bolt in the hollow body ofvthe plug having a hemisphereical head 'that is pressed against the. balls in `opposition to the retaining -jring and is operative to press the balls outward toward the side walls of the counterbore and' assist in retaining them in position to receive the ends ofthe shaft, the object being to provide a mechanism that may be conveniently adjusted and one insuring va retention of the balls in proper` position when'the parts are separated. i attain this object by the mechanism illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which-'- Figure 1A represents a plan view,.partly in section, of a mechanism embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged end view of the bearing. Fig. Sis a longitudinal crosssection of one of the adjustable hollow-plu s. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of thefsp it rings, and Fig; 5 is a view showinga modilied form of adjustable plug having an integral retaining annular flange inplace of the removable split ring.` 1

parts throughout the several views.

`In the mechanism embodying my invention, 1 is a main driving-shaft journaled in removable bearings 2, secured to 'a gear-case 5o 3 and having a gear member 4 and clutch members Sand 6 mounted thereon, and 7 is a shaft having a gear member 8 secured thereto .and meshim'T Vwith the fear member 4 .and

driven thereby. .The shaft 7 is preferably providedwith axial longitudinal tapered bores 9, in which are fitted tapered hardened-steel spindles 10, having conical-shaped ends 11.

12 represents hollow plugs 4eXterioIly threaded and adapted'to be screwed into the Walls of the gear-case 3, and 13 represents securing-nuts secured thereto. of the plugs are provided with count'erbores 14, adapted to form a race for a series of balls 15. The balls are held in contact with the tangs 16 beyond the peripheries thereof inlserted in annular channels 17 at the inner ends of the plugs, and to hold them against the side Walls vot the counterbore is the purpose'of the 'sliding bolts 18, received within the lon itudinal bore ofthe plugs and having hemiSpiIerical inner ends '19, that are yield- `ingly held in contact with the balls by means of the coiled springs 20.

Fig. 5 represents a modified form of one of. y

theadjustable plugs, wherein the lballs are e -6o The Inner ends held in contact with the end wall of the counterbore by means of the integral 'annular flange 21 as a substitute for the split ring.

By means of the longit'udinally-adjustable plugs the shaft mounted therein maybe accurately adjusted withV its gear members in either direction, and the securing-nuts operate to hold the placement. l l

' What l claim as my invention, and'defsire to lsecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. in a j ournal-bearing, the combination of a shaft having conical-shaped ends, adjustable hollow plugs secured toa fixed .part of the mechanism in axial alinement and having plugs against accidental discounterbores at their inner ends adapted' to y form arace for balls inserted therein and forniing bearings for the conical ends of theshaft, retaining means at one end of the counterbore-'portions adapted to hold said balls in contact with the end walls thereof, and Similar reference characters denote similar spring-pressed bolts slidingly mounted withcounterbore portions.

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2. ln a journal-bearing, the combination of va shaft having conical-shaped ends,adjustable hollow plugs secured to a iixedpart of .the mechanism in'aXial alinement andhaving counterbores at their inner ends adapted to form a race for balls inserted therein and forming bearings for the conical ends of the shaft, said counterbore portions having annglvar channels at their ends, and removable rings seated in said channels and adapted to hold said balls in contact 'with the end walls of the counterbores,and spring-pressed bolts slidingly mounted within said hollow plugs and having hemispherical ends engaging with said balls 1n a manner to hold them against the side walls of the counterbore portions.

3. In a j ournal-bearing, the combination of a shaft having conical-shaped ends, adjustable hollow plugs secured to aiixed part of the mechanism in axial alinement and having counterbores at their inner ends Aadapted to form a race for balls inserted therein and forming bearings for the conical ends of the shaft, said eounterbore portions having an- .nular channels at their ends, and removable split rings seated in said channels and adapted to hold said balls in contact with the end walls of the counterbore portions, and springpressed bolts slidingly mounted within said hollow plugs and having hemispherical ends engaging with said balls in a manner to hold them against the sidewalls. of the counterbore portions.

4. In a ournal-bearing, the combination of a shaft having conical-shaped ends, adjustable hollow plugs secured to a fixed part of the mechanism in axial alinement and having counterbores at their inner ends adapted to forma race for ballsinserted therein and forming bearings for the conical ends of the shaft, said counterbore portions having annular channels at their ends, and removable split rings having radially-projecting tangs projecting beyond the peripheries thereof and engaging with said-annular channels, said rings adapted to hold said balls in contact with 'the end walls of the counterboreA portions, and spring-pressed bolts slidingly mounted within said hollow plugs and having hemispherical ends engaging with said balls in a manner to hold them against the side walls of the counterbore portions.

5. In a j ournal-bearing, the combination of lashaft having conical-shaped ends, adjustable hollow-plugs secured to a fixed part of the mechanism in axial alinement and having counterbores at their inner ends adapted to form a race for balls inserted therein and form` ing bearings for the conical ends of the shaft, retaining annular rings at one end of the counterbore portions adapted to hold said balls in l contact with the end walls thereof, spring- :nasse l pressed bolts slidingly mounted withinsaid hollow plugs and having hemispherical ends engaging with said balls in a manner to hold them against the side walls of the counterbore portions, said plugs being screw-thread- -ed upon their exterior longitudinal surfaces said balls in a manner to hold them against the side wall of the counterbore.

7. A j ournal-bearing com risin r, in combination, an adjustable hol ow p ug screwthreaded upon its exterior longitudlnal surface having a jam-nut engaging therewith, and having a counterbore at one end thereof, balls inserted in said counterbore., said counterbore having an annular channel at the end outside said balls, a removable ring inserted in said channel and adapted to hold said balls in contact with the end wall of the counterbore, and a spring pressed bolt slidingly mounted within said hollow plug and having a hemispherical end engaging with saidballs in a manner to hold Athem against the side wall of the counterbore.

8. A journal-bearing com rising, in combination, an adjustable hol ow plug screwthreaded upon its exteriorlongitudinal surface having a jam-nut engaging there\\'ith, and having a counterbore at one end thereof, balls inserted in said counterbores, said counterbores having an annular channel at the end outside said balls, a removable ring inserted in said channel and adapted to hold said balls in contact with the end wall of the counterbore, a bolt slidably mounted in said hollow plug and havin a hemispherical head engaging with said bals, and a coiled spring operative between the opposite end of said bolt an the endwall of the hollow plug to hold the bolt against said balls.

In witness whereof I hereto ailx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SEVERIN C. AN KER-HOLTII.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM WEBBER, I RAY D. LEE,

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